Video card opinion

[jesus]

Is this card any good?
256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600GT-DDR3

[solofowaffles]

Re: Video card opinion

its good,but what is your budget?and the rest oy your specs.

[jesus]

Re: Video card opinion

It comes with a computer for $539 canadian - which is my budget for a whole computer.

Specs:
AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor 4000+
Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium
1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz- 2DIMMs
250GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™
256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600GT-DDR3

[camper.]

Re: Video card opinion

Good enough, but to run well you need 2GB of RAM. It's the standard now :)

Well, you could tone down the textures and lighting settings until you get 2GB.

[jesus]

Re: Video card opinion

Yeah, I'm planning on buying another gig later on. With 2gb, though, I'll be able to run everything on high?

[camper.]

Re: Video card opinion

Yep. Until Patch 1.51 comes out anyway.

[The Laughing Man]

Re: Video card opinion

http://www.overclock.net/nvidia/214616-8600gt-gts-benchmark-compilation.html

Some benchmark tests for the card, they all seem to use actual benchmark programs rather than any in game values but it seems to do quite well.

[Sniper1432]

Re: Video card opinion

I would of just gotten a DX9 card, the performance isn't so hot with that series.

[jesus]

Re: Video card opinion

The cards I had to choose from that would come with the PC are:
GeForce 6150 LE
Geforce 7300LE
GeForce 8300GS
GeForce 8600GT

So that's why I picked the 8600GT. Also, the PC comes with vista

[megawhompertoo]

Re: Video card opinion

it's a decent video card. the x1950pro is cheaper and faster if you're buying components, but 8600gt isn't bad...unlesss...

it's more than...say...a $130 "upgrade".

Then, I'd get the lowest discrete gpu offered, ebay it, and slap an x1950pro in there for the money u saved.

that's my $.02, and i watch mine closely. :)